NFL Training Camps 2025 Schedule and Top Storylines to Watch

The opening kick of the 2025 NFL season will be booted in less than two months.

While the football season feels like it's never really off, it'll be officially on sooner than you might realize. A preseason game will be played before this month is up.

It's almost reporting time for training camp, so let's not waste any of it here and get right into the action with training camp schedules and a couple of the top storylines worth tracking.

NFL Training Camp Report Dates

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Saturday, July 12

Los Angeles Chargers (rookies)

Tuesday, July 15

Baltimore Ravens (rookies), Buffalo Bills (rookies), Miami Dolphins (rookies), New York Giants (rookies) San Francisco 49ers (rookies), Seattle Seahawks (rookies)

Wednesday, July 16

Denver Broncos (rookies), Detroit Lions (rookies), Los Angeles Chargers (veterans)

Thursday, July 17

Las Vegas Raiders (rookies)

Friday, July 18

Cleveland Browns (rookies), Green Bay Packers (rookies), Washington Commanders (rookies)

Saturday, July 19

Chicago Bears (rookies), Cincinnati Bengals (rookies), Detroit Lions (veterans), Jacksonville Jaguars (rookies), New England Patriots (rookies), New York Jets (rookies)

Sunday, July 20

Minnesota Vikings (rookies)

Monday, July 21

Carolina Panthers (rookies), Dallas Cowboys, Indianapolis Colts (rookies), Kansas City Chiefs, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (rookies)

Tuesday, July 22

Arizona Cardinals, Baltimore Ravens (veterans), Buffalo Bills (veterans), Carolina Panthers (veterans), Chicago Bears (veterans), Cincinnati Bengals (veterans), Cleveland Browns (veterans), Denver Broncos (veterans), Green Bay Packers (veterans), Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts (veterans), Jacksonville Jaguars (veterans), Las Vegas Raiders (veterans), Los Angeles Rams, Miami Dolphins (veterans), Minnesota Vikings (veterans), New England Patriots (veterans), New Orleans Saints, New York Giants (veterans), New York Jets (veterans), Philadelphia Eagles, San Francisco 49ers (veterans), Seattle Seahawks (veterans), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (veterans), Tennessee Titans, Washington Commanders (veterans)

Wednesday, July 23

Atlanta Falcons, Pittsburgh Steelers

Quarterback Changes

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It's the most important position in the NFL, so we have to start with quarterbacks, right? Especially because there are some many familiar faces in new places.

Can Sam Darnold replicate his success in Minnesota now that he's in Seattle? Does Aaron Rodgers change anything for the Steelers? Will Geno Smith be the quarterback who gets the Raiders on a winning track? Can Russell Wilson fend off Jaxson Dart with the Giants? Do Justin Fields and the Jets have what it takes to bring the best out of one another?

And what, exactly, is the plan for the Browns? Their biggest investment in any of their four quarterbacks was probably the third-round pick they spent on Dillon Gabriel, but all eyes will on fifth-rounder Shedeur Sanders, who looked like a first-round lock for most of the predraft process.

Speaking of young players, where should Vikings fans set expectations for 2024 No. 10 pick J.J. McCarthy after his would-be rookie season was erased by a knee injury? How soon is too soon to ask this year's top pick, Cam Ward, to transform the Titans? Is Tyler Shough the new QB1 in New Orleans, or could Spencer Rattler swipe that job? And how much of a threat should Anthony Richardson feel from Daniel Jones' arrival in Indianapolis?

Elite Edge-Rushers Awaiting New Deals

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Contract talks maybe aren't the most exciting topic, but they kind of matter when they could lead to training camp holdouts. Particularly when they involve some of the best players at their position.

Three star edge-rushers are angling for contract extensions: Micah Parsons of the Cowboys, T.J. Watt of the Steelers and Trey Hendrickson of the Bengals. That trio combined for 41 sacks this past season, and that was with Parsons missing four games due to injury.

They are all-caps GREAT at what they do, and what they do is make life miserable on opposing quarterbacks. That skill, when it's this sharp, is worth a fortune in this league. It's hard to blame any of the three for seeking out what they feel they're worth.

At the same time, the NFL's salary cap requires maximizing every dollar spent to build a balanced roster, so you also understand some of the hesitation on the teams' side. Negotiations are tough.

In a perfect world, all three will be paid in time for training camp, so they can be fully ready to go by the season opener. In reality, at least one of these situations is probably going to get sticky and all kinds of uncomfortable. Parsons, the youngest of the three, should have a Powerball-sized payday headed his way soon, but the longer things draw out for Watt and Hendrickson, the more fans will wonder whether these situations could lead to a landscape-shifting trade or two.